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Meet the Department

The Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method is renowned for a type of philosophy that is both continuous with the sciences and socially relevant.

Our department brings together academic faculty, professional services staff, and PhD students who contribute to every part of life at LSE Philosophy — from research and teaching to events, student support and beyond.

  • Professor J. McKenzie Alexander

    Professor J. McKenzie Alexander

    Professor

    Research areas: Evolutionary game theory, The evolution of morality and social norms, Computational philosophy and philosophy of computation, The philosophy of society.

    Email: jalex@lse.ac.uk

  • Jonathan Birch

    Professor Jonathan Birch

    Professor and Director of The Jeremy Coller Centre for Animal Sentience

    Research areas: Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Biology, Philosophy of Cognitive Science

    Email: j.birch2@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Ali Boyle

    Dr Ali Boyle

    Associate Professor

    Research areas: Animal minds, animal ethics, comparative cognition, artificial intelligence, philosophy of biology

    Email: a.boyle2@lse.ac.uk

  • Professor Richard Bradley

    Professor Richard Bradley

    Professor

    Research areas: Decision Theory, Formal epistemology, Social choice, Scientific uncertainty, Conditionals

    Email: r.bradley@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Liam Kofi Bright

    Dr Liam Kofi Bright

    Associate Professor

    Research areas: Social Epistemology, Philosophy of Science, Social Philosophy

    Email: L.K.Bright@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Campbell Brown

    Dr Campbell Brown

    Associate Professor

    Research areas: Normative ethics, Theories of social welfare, especially prioritarianism, egalitarianism, sufficientism, Partial vs full aggregation.

    Email: c.f.brown@lse.ac.uk

  • Professor Roman Frigg

    Professor Roman Frigg

    Professor and Head of Department

    Research areas: Modelling and representation, Scientific understanding, Environmental decision-making under uncertainty, Thermostatistical physics and reductionism, Probability, chaos and randomness,Art and Science

    Email: r.p.frigg@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Remco Heesen

    Dr Remco Heesen

    Associate Professor

    Research areas: Social structure of science, Philosophy of science, Rational choice theory, Formal epistemology, Social epistemology

    Email: r.heesen@lse.ac.uk

  • Kate Nicole Hoffman

    Dr Kate Nicole Hoffman

    Assistant Professor

    Research areas: Environmental Philosophy, Sustainability, Animal Minds and Welfare, Local and Global Public Engagement

    Email: K.Hoffman@lse.ac.uk

  • Professor Anna Mahtani

    Professor Anna Mahtani

    Professor

    Research areas: Imprecise probabilities, Contextualism, Welfare economics/distributive ethics, Dementia and transformative experience.

    Email: a.mahtani@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Marie Milofsky

    Dr Marie Milofsky

    Assistant Professor (Education); Departmental Tutor

    Email: M.M.Milofsky@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Kieran Oberman

    Dr Kieran Oberman

    Associate Professor

    Research areas: Migration ethics, Just war theory, Distributive justice

    Email: K.Oberman@lse.ac.uk

  • Jonathan Parry

    Dr Jonathan Parry

    Associate Professor and Deputy Head of Department

    Research areas: Moral Philosophy (especially the morality of war, violence, paternalism, harming and saving), Political Philosophy (especially political authority and obligation).

    Email: j.parry1@lse.ac.uk

  • Professor Miklós Rédei

    Professor Miklós Rédei

    Professor

    Research areas: Philosophy of science, Philosophy and foundations of quantum physics, Foundations of probability theory, Bayesian learning.

    Email: m.redei@lse.ac.uk

  • Professor Bryan W. Roberts

    Professor Bryan W. Roberts

    Professor

    Research areas: Philosophy of Physics, Time reversal and the arrow of time, Philosophy of space and time, History and philosophy of science, The aesthetic experience

    Email: b.w.roberts@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Lewis Ross

    Dr Lewis Ross

    Associate Professor, Director of CPNSS, Deputy Head of Department (Research)

    Research areas: Philosophy of Law, Political Philosophy, Epistemology

    Email: L.ross2@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Weng Kin San

    Dr Weng Kin San

    Assistant Professor

    Research areas: Distributive Ethics, Decision Theory, Formal Epistemology

    Email: W.San@lse.ac.uk

  • Alex Voorhoeve

    Professor Alex Voorhoeve

    Professor

    Research areas: Distributive justice, Procedural justice, Philosophy and Public policy (esp. health), Moral psychology

    Alex Voorhoeve currently is not taking new PhD students.

    Email: a.e.voorhoeve@lse.ac.uk

  • Kate Vredenburgh

    Dr Kate Vredenburgh

    Associate Professor

    Research areas: Explainable AI, Institutional transparency, The philosophy of work, Egalitarianism, Fair allocation

    Email: K.Vredenburgh@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Ella Whiteley

    Dr Ella Whiteley

    Assistant Professor

    Research areas: Applied ethics, salience, attention, work, feminist philosophy

    Email: E.K.Whiteley@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Jingyi Wu

    Dr Jingyi Wu

    Assistant Professor

    Research areas: Social Epistemology (of Science), Feminist Epistemology, Philosophy of Space and Time

    Email: Jingyi.Wu@lse.ac.uk

  • Dr Xinhe Wu

    Dr Xinhe Wu

    Assistant Professor

    Research areas: Algebraic models in mathematical logic, Semantic paradoxes, Vagueness and indeterminacy, Formal metaphysics, Forcing in set theory

    Email: x.wu67@lse.ac.uk

  • Becky Matthams

    Becky Matthams

    Department Manager

    Key duties: Supports strategic planning with HoD and Deputy HoD, Manages departmental resources, Leads the Professional Services team.

    Email: R.Matthams@lse.ac.uk

  • Mar Torró

    Mar Torró

    Teaching Delivery and Deputy Department Manager

    Key duties: Leading on delivery of programmes and courses, Programmes or courses changes/ Akari, Departmental Teaching Committee. Safe Contact.

    Email: M.Lopez-Torro@lse.ac.uk

  • Isabel Lacurie

    Isabel Lacurie

    Marketing and Communications Manager

    Key duties: Student marketing, Digital communications including social media management, Event management, Alumni network management.

    Email: I.Lacurie@lse.ac.uk

  • Sabina Allam-Patel

    Sabina Allam-Patel

    Graduate Programmes Manager

    Key duties: MSc/PhD enquiries, Coordinates orientation for new postgraduate students, Administers examinations and assessment, Graduate course choice.

    Email: S.Allam-Patel@lse.ac.uk

  • Yan Pang

    Yan Pang

    Undergraduate Programmes Manager

    Key duties: BSc programmes, Programme Regulations, Assessments, UG Exam Sub-Boards, SSLC, My Adjustments, EDI.

    Email: Y.Pang3@lse.ac.uk

  • Ryan Edmonds

    Ryan Edmonds

    Departmental Senior Student Adviser

    Key duties: Student attendance or wellbeing support, Providing one-to-one support to students, Liaising between the department and the Student Services Centre.

    Email: R.Edmonds1@lse.ac.uk

  • Ben Gardner

    Ben Gardner

    Teaching Delivery Officer

    Email: B.J.Gardner@lse.ac.uk